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All the time I'm not writing I feel like a criminal. It's horrible to feel felonious every second of the day. It's much more relaxing… — Fran Lebowitz
It starts with this: put your desk in the corner, and every time you sit down there to write, remind yourself why it isn't in… — Stephen King
It's hard for me to believe that people who read very little (or not at all in some cases) should presume to write and expect… — Stephen King
If you intend to write as truthfully as you can, your days as a member of polite society are numbered. — Stephen King
When you sit down to write, write. Don't do anything else except go to the bathroom, and only do that if it absolutely cannot be… — Stephen King
The poet must not only write the poem but must scrutinize the world intensely, or anyway that part of the world he or she has… — Mary Oliver
Where are they written?" "In the world around us. Merely be attentive to what happens in your life, and you will discover where, every moment… — Paulo Coelho
Iâ€™m asking the questions tonight.â€ One day I was going to write a book: How to Dictate to a Dictator and Evade an Evader, subtitled… — Karen Marie Moning
A writer, or at least a poet, is always being asked by people who should know better: â€œWhom do you write for?â€ The question is,… — Wystan Hugh Auden
The secret of it all, is to write in the gush, the throb, the flood, of the moment â€“ to put things down without deliberation… — Walt Whitman
You come by your style by learning what to leave out. At first you tend to overwriteâ€”embellishment instead of insight. You either continue to write… — Billy Collins
There's two kinds of women--those you write poems about and those you don't. — Jeffrey McDaniel
I don't have any regrets, really, except that one. I wanted to write about you, about us, really. Do you know what I mean? I… — Michael Cunningham
If you don't like my book, write your own. If you don't think you can write a novel, that ought to tell you something. If… — Rita Mae Brown
To write is human, to edit is divine. — Stephen King
Wherever I go, I'll always see you. You'll always be with me. And there's no happy ending coming here, no way a story that started… — Elizabeth Scott
Your future. It awaits only you, to live it and to write it. - Shaman's Crossing by Robin Hobb — Robin Hobb
Write what you know will always be excellent advice for those who ought not to write at all. Write what you think, what you imagine,… — Gore Vidal
Writing is one of the most ancient forms of prayer. To write is to believe communication is possible that other people are good, that you… — Fatema Mernissi
No marshmallows. "I don't believe this! I'm going to write the president of General Mills! Don't they have any quality control?" "I'm sure it's just… — Susan Elizabeth Phillips

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